The documentary ‘Juan Gabriel: Debo, Puedo y Quiero’, which traces the life of the man behind the Mexican music icon, will hit Netflix on October 30 with a total of four episodes, the platform said Thursday.
In a press release, the platform revealed a preview of the series directed by María José Cuevas and produced by Laura Woldenberg and Ivonne Gutiérrez, which seeks to be a “tribute that hurts beautifully and reveals the intimate universe of Alberto Aguilera Valadez (Juan Gabriel’s real name)”.
The documentary series features unpublished and archival footage, offering “unprecedented access to his public and private life, his sensibility and his inexhaustible passion for living to create”.
Through the four episodes, the documentary will offer an “intimate and revealing” story about Aguilera Valadez, the man behind the Mexican musical idol and author of hundreds of songs, who turned his pain into anthems and broke stigmas and prejudices throughout his life.
Juan Gabriel comes to Netflix
Juan Gabriel: Debo, Puedo y Quiero”, traces the early career of one of Mexico’s most beloved artists until his death, offering an unprecedented and profoundly human look at his legacy that is already part of Mexican popular culture, and whose music continues to move millions around the world,” said the bulletin.
Died of a heart attack in August 2016, at the age of 66, in Santa Monica (USA), Juan Gabriel was one of the most important Mexican singers, composed for more than 200 artists and sold more than 30 million records.
Songs like ‘No tengo dinero’, ‘Esta rosa roja’, ‘Qué divino amor’, ‘En esta primavera’ or ‘Siempre en mi mente’, marked since the early 1970s a whole era of uninterrupted successes.
El Divo de Juárez’ received more than a thousand gold, platinum and multiplatinum records during his career, was named Personality of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy in 2009, and also won twelve Billboard Awards for Artist of the Year, Hot Latin Track, Record of the Year and Duet of the Year, among other awards.
The Orgullosamente Latino ‘Trayectoria Latina’ Award (2004), the Ondas and the MTV Music Award (both in 1999), are other examples of his long list of recognitions.
In 2006, the King of Spain, then Juan Carlos I, awarded him the Golden Laurel and Universal Excellence. He even has a day dedicated to him in Los Angeles (USA) on October 5, reported Agencia EFE.
Here you can see the trailer of Juan Gabriel’s documentary.
Find out more at ‘QueOnnda.com’.
